Lubricating device.



O. SWANSON.

LUBRICATJNG DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16. 1915 f 2 SHEETSSHEET [NI/EN TOR Olof Swanson A TTOR/VEVS w BY 0. SWANSON.

LUBRICATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-16,1915.

1,163,484. Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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LUBEICATING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentedfiec. 7,1915

Application filed January 18, 1915. Serial No. 2,599.

flanges of the wheels of railway rolling stock.

My device is characterized by a rolling 7 member which supplies the flange of a wheel with lubricant while in frictional rolling contact therewith.

,The object of the invention is to provide a simple, convenient and eilicient lubricating device which is mounted adjustably to the flange of a wheel.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which willinore fully appear as. the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fragment of railway rolling stock the wheel of which is provided with an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of my lubricating device; Fig. 3 is a side elevation as seen in the direction of Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line 5,5, Fig. 2,;showing thelubricating part of the device only; Fig. 6 is a section on line 6+6. Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 shows a plan view-of a rinodified structure of my device; and Fig. 8

is across-sectional view on line 8 US Fig. 7 Referring to thedrawings, 7 represents an wheel of. a vehicle of railway rolling stock. :Attached tothe vehicle adjacent the wheel is ..a clamp 8 in which a bracket 9is adjustably .lIlOLlIllIGCl. The bracket 9 is in the'shape of a square,'one branch of which is rectangular and engaged by the clamp 8, while the other .branch is round and is directed parallelly to the axis of the-wheel. Mounted to turn and slide on the round arm of the bracket ,is a support 10 which is provided with a pair of scthscrews 11 whereby said support can be clamped to the bracket in any position. A lubricant receptacle 1:2 is connected to the support lO'by a bolt 13, which ccnsti tutes the pivot for said lubricant receptacle 12 and which permits to the same a swinging movement on the support to and from the flange of the wheel 7. The support is also provided with a resilient ineinberli one end of which abuts against a stud on the support and the other end against the lubricant receptacle 12, whereby the same-is constantly forced by the spring to move toward the flange of the wheel.

The lubricant receptacle adjacent its pivot is provided with aninlet l5 which may be connected to a suitable lubricant supply or it may be closedby a plug when the lubri cant is fed into the receptacle intermittently. The end of the receptacle which is adapted to engage the wheel is provided with a threaded plug 16 the threaded end of which forms a seat for the ball 17 retained in place by a sleeve 18 threaded to the plug ceptacle 12.

The lubricant stored in the receptacle 12, or supplied thereto continuously, will contact with the ball 17 through the opening 19 in the plug 16. Therotation of the ball 17, due to its frictional contact with the flange of the wheel, will transfer thejlubricant'frorn the receptacle to the flange whenever there is arotation ofthehallby the wheel. Ihe resilient ne nber 1 1 inaintains the ,conta ct between the 11331117 andthe ffiangeof the wheehno matter how irregular the flange surface of the wheel 7 maybe. The clamp 8 permits the vertical adjustment of the lubricating device; while the set screws 11 permit any adjustment of the lubricating device to and from the flange, so that the pressure of the spring army be varied thereby. By means of said set screws the lubricating device can be inclined onthe bracket so asto cause a gravitational feeding of the lubricant toward the ,iff desired. p

The supportlO is also; provided with an and thereby the lubricant receptacle 12 locked in its movement and the ball 17 prevented from contacting with the flange of the wheel 7. The opening in the clamp 8 for the bracket 9 is preferably large'enough to allow a turning movement to the bracket to bring, the ball 17in contact with any desired part of the flange of the wheel. By means of the opening 20 inthe support the lubricating receptacle can be brought in contact with the flange or disengaged therefrom.

In Figs. 7 and8 the lubricating receptacle 12 is mounted on a bolt 13 which forms the pivot therefor and which bolt is set obliquely-on the support 10; consequently, the force of gravity will cause the lubricant receptacle to lXlOVGlIOWZIPCl the side to which the bolt 13 is inclined; and by directing the inclination of the bolt 13 toward the side of the flange of the wheel, gravity will normally drive the lubricant. receptacle 12 against the flange of the wheel without the i aidjof any resilient member. The movement of the lubricant receptacle on the platform'is limited by pins 21 and 22. r

' From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantage of the construction and operation of the device shown will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains; and while I have described the principle of operation, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire tohave it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made as are within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: V

1. In a lubricating device, a lubricantre- .jceptacle mounted toswing, a ball free to roll adapted to contact with the lubricant in the receptacle and with the surface to be lubrirated, and resilient means for swinging the receptacle for maintaining the engagement between said rolling member and the surface to be lubricated. a

2. In a lubricating device, a receptacle for a lubricating medium mountedto swing at one end thereof, a ball, free to rotatein the otherend of the receptacle, adapted to contact with the lubricant in said receptacle and roll on the surface to be lubricated, and a resilient member for swinging the receptacle to maintain the contact between said ball and the surface to be lubricated.

3. Ina lubricating device, a receptacle for of, a ball retained in the other end ofsaid receptacle and partly exposed'therefrom,

" rotate in the end of said lubricant receptacleh lubricant mounted to swing at one endthere- 7 and adapted to contact with the surface to be lubricated, and a resilient member tending lubricant'in the receptacle, and a resilient member on the support engaging said-receptacle' whereby the ball is forced into contact with the flange ofthe wheel.

5. In combination with the flange of a railway vehicle wheel, a clamp, a support engagediby the clamp, a receptacle for lubricant, a bolt connecting one end of the rece :Jtacle to the su 3 )ort and constitutin a pivot for said receptacle whereby the same,

is free to swing to and from the flange of the wheel, a plugat the other end of the support forming aseat for ball, a ball mounted to roll on said seat, a'retainer for said ball connected to the'plug and through which retainer the ball projects, said plug having an aperture establishing communi- Cation'between the seat and the receptacle, anda resilient member on said support norcommunication between the ball and the mally forcing the receptacle to move toward the flange, whereby the contact between the ball and the flange is maintained 6. In combination with the flange of a railway vehicle wheel, a clamp, asquareshaped brackethaving one arm rectangular in cross section and the other round, said rectangular arm being engaged by the clamp, a. support mounted to slide and 'swlng on said round arm of the bracket, means for clamping said support to the arm,

fa receptacle for lubricant, a bolt connecting one end of the receptacle to the. support whereby the same is free to swing to and from the flange, theother end of said receptacle being'curved toward the flange of the wheel, a plug engaging the curved'end, said plug having a seat for a ball, a ball mounted to roll in the seat, a retainer for the'ball engaging the plug and through which the ball projects, said plug having a passage establishing communicat on between the seat and thereceptacle, and a resilient member on the support engaging the receptaclev whereby said ball is maintained in engagement with the flange of the wheel.

7. In a lubricating device, a lubricant rcceptacle mounted to swing at one end thereof, the axis on which said receptacle is mounted to swing being oblique to the longitudinal axis of said receptacle, a rolling 7 adapted to contact with the lubricant in the receptacle and with the surface to be lubricated, and means limiting the movement of said receptacle on its axis.

8. In a lubricating device, a receptacle for a lubricating medium disposed in a substantially horizontal plane, a bolt engaging one end of said receptacle and on which bolt said receptacle is mounted to swing, said bolt being inclined to the longitudinal axis of said receptacle whereby gravity causes said receptacle to swing toward the side to which the bolt is inclined, a ball free to rotate in the other end of the receptacle, said ball being adapted to contact with the lubricant in said receptacle and roll on the surface to be lubricated, and means limiting the swinging movement of said receptacles.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

OLOF SWANSON.

Witnesses:

SMITH N. KILBY, L. L. RoBnR.

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